Prince to be patron of Mallard celebrations

The Prince of Wales is to be patron of a season of events and activities to mark 75 years since Mallard broke the world steam speed record.

By The Newsroom

Published 26th Mar 2013, 00:01 BST

York’s National Railway Museum announced yesterday that the prince would be patron of events, this year and next, marking Mallard’s world-record breaking run down Stoke Bank near Grantham in 1938.

The centrepiece of the celebrations will be the Great Gathering, a fortnight-long international family reunion in July which will see Mallard and her five surviving sister A4 Pacific Class locomotives gathered together around the Great Hall turntable in the National Railway Museum in York – a sight never seen before.

Two of the Doncaster-built locomotives, Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower, have been temporarily repatriated from North America to take part in the anniversary celebrations.

For more information on the National Railway Museum’s 75th anniversary plans including how to book tickets for a series of events visit the website: nrm.org.uk/mallard75